This Easy Nut-Free Pesto relies on flax seed and nutritional yeast to make an Italian staple accessible to everyone—including those with food allergies.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Yield: 10
Calories: 10kcal
Author: The Nut-Free Vegan
Ingredients
1/2cupflax seedor flax meal
2cupsfresh basil leavesstemmed and tightly packed
½cupnutritional yeast
juice from 1/2 lemon
½tsp.salt
½tsp.pepper
1clovegarlic
2/3cupolive oil
Instructions
Use coffee grinder or food processor to grind the flax seed into a powder if you're not using flax meal. Add—along with basil, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, pepper and garlic—to a blender or food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.
Add olive oil and blend until fairy smooth. Stir and use immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Notes
Add more olive oil if the consistency is too thick. This recipe is gluten-free.